Pokemon Emerald is an extension of Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire -- you'll travel to an all-new region and explore as you face off against Team Aqua and Team Magma. An aspiring Pokemon trainer moves to tiny Littleroot Town and discovers all-new Pokemon to train and compete with -- now he's on the road to being a great trainer!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great game, but not as great as Diamond
Comment: I bought this game a bit after buying Pokemon Diamond and played them both alternately. sadly, the great game play of Diamond kind of ruined Emerald for me. it's so easy to compare the two and find faults w/ Emerald. overall, it's a great game and I like the fact that you can re-challenge the gym leaders (though you can't re-challenge the trainers leading up to the gym leader), and I like the battle frontier. I despise the Pokenav, especially the fact that having certain Pokemon on your team will cause you to get more inane calls more often. it pales in comparison to the Vs. Seeker of Diamond. I also wish they had the day/night set up Diamond has (I know, I know, I'll try not to compare the games so much!).
the biggest pro of this game, and the main reason why I'd encourage fans to buy it, is for the ability to migrate Pokemon onto your Diamond or Pearl game so easily. this will seriously help you, not only complete your pokedex in D/P but also help you snag and/or breed some different pokemon (for example, Ditto is quite common in a certain area in Emerald, and you can get an Eevee in Diamond, so by migrating a Ditto, you can breed for the different evolved forms of Eevee). another added pro to this is that you can catch both legendary pokemon from Ruby and Sapphire, along w/ a third legendary. by the way, you can also migrate items, which is useful since you can create multiple shell bells in Emerald and migrate them to the new game, along w/ evolution stones, battle items, and different flutes
if you don't have Ruby or Sapphire (or even if you do but are willing to splurge) and you have Diamond or Pearl, Emerald is a must have game, not only for good game play, but also for the ability to truly catch 'em all!
Customer Rating: Summary: Classic Pokemon play on the Gba...well worth it.
Comment: Well, I've played every version of Pokemon on a portable game system there is to play, from the humble beginnings to their latest incarnation on the DS. This one being a "third" Pokemon game (Ruby and Saphire are the first two), it's a worthy addition for a Pokemon fan to own. The graphics are crisp and clear, plus the in-game animation is top notch for a Gba game. If you haven't played either Ruby or Saphire, this would be a good bet. I was taken by surprise when there was a new starter set to choose from. Even though the basic types are the same, the different Pokemon had me happily enjoying Pokemon all over again. I can't say this would be worth getting if you already own either Ruby or Saphire, but Pokemon fanatics might still want to pick it up as part of their collection. Note: For this review, I did not play or own Ruby or Saphire.
I recommend playing this game on the DS versus the Gba, as the screen brightness of the DS will make it that much more enjoyable, unless you own the newest Gba with the brighter screen.
Pros:
Graphics are crisp and clear, animation is excellent
Sounds are good, even from the Gba speaker
Many different types of Pocket Monsters to choose for your team
Cons:
No day/night cycle!
Same old Pokemon story if you already own Ruby or Saphire
A little dated now with the release of Pearl and Diamond
Bottom Line:
Worth getting for any Pokemon fan or if you are new to the series. This would be a good game to get. Despite it's age, Emerald doesn't fail to deliver the Pokemon. Still gotta catch 'em all!
Customer Rating: Summary: A Very Good Game
Comment: The five-star rating I gave should be enough to tell just how good this game is.
Customer Rating: Summary: BUYER BEWARE!!
Comment: I purchased the Game Boy Advance Pokemon Sapphire, Emerald & Ruby for my son's birthday. He wanted these games so he could migrate the Pokemon to his DS Pokemon Diamond game, but these games would not allow him to migrate the Pokemon. Every time he tried to migrate the Pokemon to his Diamond game, it would delete his file and he would have to start all over again. I know that his DS and his Pokemon Diamond game are not defective because his cousin has the Game Boy Advance Pokemon Emerald game and he doesn't have any trouble migrating Pokemon from his cousin's game. He found the disfunctional games to be rather frustrating. I returned all 3 games by USPS with signature confirmation. Y Yang signed for the package a week ago and I still have not received a refund for the games.
Customer Rating: Summary: Ahhhh, the old days!
Comment: When I was little and this game was a new game, this was the first game I got for my Game Boy Advance SP. I don't know my exact age, but I'm eleven years old now. I loved it!! Back then I was a Pokemon fanatic, and I'm getting into the T.V. show again. This game really makes you want to play it. It was very challenging for me back then, but it's probably easier for me now. You have to chose from a Mudkip (water type), a Torchic (fire type),or a Treeko (grass type) to be your starter Pokemon. The best choice is Mudkip, because the type of Pokemon the first gym leader you battle is weak against fire types. The graphics are simple, but since when does the graphics decide how good the game is? I recomend this game to all ages.
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